BaliSpirit Festival 2018

Media Strategist. Change Activist. Social Alchemist. Journalist. Speaker. Seeker. Feminist. Friend. Human.    As a speaker, activist and strategic advisor, Julia Allison teaches how to harness the power of both mainstream and social media to advance evolutionary values like omni-consideration, love, health, freedom and joy. She has spoken at MIT, Wharton, Harvard, and at numerous conferences, festivals,   retreats and other gatherings around the world to raise awareness for conscious media, transformational culture, collective human potential, collaborative innovation and regenerative community building. As a journalist, commentator and TV host, Allison made over 1,000 TV appearances on nearly every network, including CNN, MTV, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox and E! - and co-starred in her own TV show on BRAVO. To date, Allison has published over 400 articles for publications like The New York Times, Newsweek,        New York Magazine, The Guardian and Cosmopolitan, as well an internationally syndicated technology column for Tribune Media Services.As a media strategist, she has advised a wide variety of professionals and organizations: from a Stanford neuroscientist to the former CEO of Myspace,        from top executives at Facebook to a chef running a 7-figure business, from international speakers to world-touring musicians, from global leadership        b corps to conscious startups intent on changing the world. Allison was raised on the shores of Lake Michigan in Illinois, graduated from Georgetown        University with a degree in government, and has lived in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Ubud, Bali. Her life mission is to be an exuberant        force for positive transformation, creating a world of harmony and omni-consideration that honors all beings.For more information about Julia, see... Read More →

Jess Magic is a “heARTist”, a soul-stirring songstress, a ceremonialist and a muse for today’s generation of visionaries and change-makers. Jess Magic is a musical story-teller who creates compelling invitations for people to interact with life from an open heart. In a world where so many are longing  for deeper levels of connection, authentic expression and intimacy, Jess uses her humor, music, movement practices and story-telling to effectively    weave a "spell" of love and connection that reveals relatable aspects of the human experience that penetrate, and crack open the hearts of those who are touched by her presence.    As an emcee (a.k.a. "Mistress of Ceremony"), speaker and social entrepreneur, Jess Magic uses her voice as a vehicle to shift predominant attitudes, feelings and behaviors from “consumer” to “creator” by breaking down the barrier between the artist and the audience and creating effortless access points for people to be raw, real, and to rise into their truest forms of authentic expression. Jess has been touring nationally and internationally for three years, weaving together like-minded communities across the world.Jess has supported thousands of men and women from all walks of life in overcoming the shame, fear, and self-judgment that have inhibited their ability to discover, experience and express their feelings, their creative expression and their capacity to create intimacy with themselves and others. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to serve as Mistress of Ceremony for the 2018 Bali Spirit Festival. Her signature saying is “We don’t sing to be good. We sing to be free."For more information about Jess, see... Read More →